The moment I opened Sideshow Collectibles' Sixth Scale Nathan Drake figure from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the moment it stopped being a Nathan Drake figure. No, this is a creepy six-legged spider figure with a Nathan Drake accessory.

Welcome, Kotaku Game Club, to the multiplayer edition of our Uncharted 3 talks! Thank you everyone for showing up a day early. I hope that you're as excited as I am to get a healthy gaming discussion in before the holiday.

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Telling a story is as much about what isn't included as it is about what is included. It's easy to overwhelm with too much: Too much story, too many people, too much detail. Artful brevity, careful selection is key to how a story is told and perceived.

Remember to be here tomorrow at 4pm eastern to join the first Kotaku Game Club's first Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception discussion. If you picked up the game and have something to say about it, then be there!

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the follow-up to inarguably the best game released in 2009. That predecessor managed to lock in more than 200 game of the year awards, including ours. How do you think Uncharted 3 will fair in the long shadow of Among Thieves? Here's our gut check on Uncharted 3, due out early next…

Though the third chapter in the Uncharted saga isn't due out until November 1, Naughty Dog just couldn't wait to show us the full trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. After watching it yourself you'll see why.

Eschewing the generic Season Pass label many games are using to package together downloadable content, Sony and Naughty Dog opt for the much classier Fortune Hunters' Club to give Uncharted 3 fans a discounted price on upcoming DLC.

You may have seen this sandy, sun-soaked footage of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception before—Naughty Dog showed at Eurogamer Expo, but yanked the footage from YouTube. But now you can see it again in great detail and high-definition clarity. Hooray!

Visit your local sandwich artist if you want a leg up on the competition in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer mode. You can spend the entire month of October ranking up, unlocking in-game items and acquiring Subway-themed goods—including the five dollar footlong taunt.

Nathan Drake will be gorging on sun, guns and fun in the Rub' al Khali desert, one of the many destinations featured in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. First footage of Drake's (potentially spoiler-ish) desert-going adventure is now in the wild, excavated from the recent Eurogamer Expo.

Uncharted fans, you may be able to get your hands on the next entry in the PlayStation 3 series, Uncharted 3: Drake's Fortune, way in advance. And by that I also mean getting a copy a week before street date.